Cross-Cultural Studies of Biological Aging
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Cross-Cultural Studies of Biological Aging

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Cross-Cultural Studies of Biological Aging

About this book

Cross-Cultural Studies of Biological Aging reviews papers that tackle issues of biological aging from a cross-cultural perspective. The studies emphasize the interaction of biological, cultural, and environmental factors that provides the data about the range of variation in certain biological process. The book is comprised of 12 chapters that cover various concerns about the aging process from a cross-cultural perspective. Chapter 1 discusses the biological function, activity, and dependency among elderly Sherpa in the Nepal Himalayas, while Chapter 2 deals with work, aging, and dependency in a Sherpa population in Nepal. The third chapter tackles the population genetic models in the study of aging and longevity in a Mennonite community, and the fourth chapter talks about the secular changes in age-specific cause of death in Sanday, Orkney Islands. Chapter 5 covers the developmental and genetic responses to differential childhood mortality, while Chapter 6 discusses how mortality is related to cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus in a modernizing population. The seventh chapter tackles the biocultural risks in longevity of Samoans in California. Chapter 8 discusses the changes with age of anatomical distribution of fat, while Chapter 9 provides a comparison of visually estimated age with physiological predicted age as indicators of rates of aging. Chapter 10 reviews a longitudinal study about the patterns of adult weight and fat changes in six Solomon Islands societies, and Chapter 11 discusses aging in selected anthropometric dimensions in a rural Zapotec-speaking community in the valley of Oaxaca, Mexico. The last chapter compares blood pressure at rest and during exercise among Sherpas and Tibetan migrants in Nepal. The text will be of great interest to researchers whose work involves understanding other factors that have causal relationship with biological aging.

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Information

Publisher
Pergamon
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9780080289465
eBook ISBN
9781483160955
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Physiology
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Cross-Cultural Studiesof Biological Aging
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. INTRODUCTION
  6. CHAPTER 1. BIOLOGICAL FUNCTION, ACTIVITY AND DEPENDENCY AMONG ELDERLY SHERPA IN THE NEPAL HIMALAYAS
  7. CHAPTER 2. WORK, AGING AND DEPENDENCY IN A SHERPA POPULATION IN NEPAL
  8. CHAPTER 3. POPULATION GENETIC MODELS IN THE STUDY OF AGING AND LONGEVITY IN A MENNONITE COMMUNITY
  9. CHAPTER 4. SECULAR CHANGES IN AGE-SPECIFIC CAUSE OF DEATH IN SANDAY, ORKNEY ISLANDS
  10. CHAPTER 5. COMPONENTS OF LONGEVITY: DEVELOPMENTAL AND GENETIC RESPONSES TO DIFFERENTIAL CHILDHOOD MORTALITY
  11. CHAPTER 6. MORTALITY RELATED TO CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND DIABETES MELLITUS IN A MODERNIZING POPULATION
  12. CHAPTER 7. BIOCULTURAL RISKS IN LONGEVITY: SAMOANS IN CALIFORNIA
  13. CHAPTER 8. THE CHANGES WITH AGE OF THE ANATOMICAL DISTRIBUTION OF FAT
  14. CHAPTER 9. COMPARISON OF VISUALLY ESTIMATED AGE WITH PHYSIOLOGICALLY PREDICTED AGE AS INDICATORS OF RATES OF AGING
  15. CHAPTER 10. PATTERNS OF ADULT WEIGHT AND FAT CHANGE IN SIX SOLOMON ISLANDS SOCIETIES: A SEMI-LONGITUDINAL STUDY
  16. CHAPTER 11. AGING IN SELECTED ANTHROPOMETRIC DIMENSIONS IN A RURAL ZAPOTEC-SPEAKING COMMUNITY IN THE VALLEY OF OAXACA, MEXICO
  17. CHAPTER 12. BLOOD PRESSURE AT REST AND DURING EXERCISE AMONG SHERPAS AND TIBETAN MIGRANTS IN NEPAL
  18. INDEX